t News from Over the State
Liiicnt Report on Ilnukn.
Again havo the deposits In tho Ne
braska state banks reached a now high
jnark. While thepcople of the east
re complaining of tight money and
low reserves and feel panicky, plain
people of the fertile Nebraska prairies
Jhave placed on deposit during tho last
fcr more than $1,250,000 in excess of
'ike' amount in the banks at tho time of
the September roport last year, when
jx new high levol was reached. Tho re
serve at this time is 3G 1-3 per cent.,
one-third of ono per cent, less than it
was at the time of the September re
port last year. At tho samo time thoro
has been a healthy increase in deposits,
the number of depositors has shown a
.marked increase, especially during tho
.time intervening sinco tho last report
on June 9. During that interval the
number of individuals who have placed
their faith In banks has increased by
i3,87l, or more than ten per cent.
Secretary Royso, of tho state bank
ing board, said of the latest report:
"'Compared with tho statement of Sep
tember 15, 1902, tho present report
.shows that deposits have increased
$1,745,220,79; loans, $1,614,511.72; cap
ital, $329,700; number of banks, 30;
reserve increased one-third of one per
cent.; increaso In depositors, 14,589.
Compared with the statement of Juno
9. 1903, three months sinco, deposits
Uiavo increased $1,000,299.12; loans in
crease, $130,459.54; reserve increaso,
.two per cent.; number of banks, in
crease, three; capital stock, Increaso,
$24,750. State banks now hold a re
serve of 3G 1-3 per cent., tho legal re
quirement being 15 per cent. Tho num
ber of depositors at the date of this re
port was 133,829, being an increaso of
13,871 over tho number reported Juno
D, 1903. Tho total number of banks re
porting at tho close of business Sep
tember 5, 1903, was 49C.
Bloodhounds Ah Witnesses.
The question of tho competency of
bloodhounds as witnesses in criminal
.prosecutions has been brought to tho
supreme court of Nebraska. The case
is that of Georgo W. Pratt, of Nemaha
county, convicted of burglary and sen
tenced to tho penitentiary for three
years. In his appeal Pratt alleges ho
was convicted mainly as a result of the
bloodhounds trailing him from the
Plnee where the burglary was commit
ied to his own home, where a stolen
purse was found. In his brief, filed in
behalf of the state, Attorney General
Prout admits part of Pratt's conten
tion, that the dogs are incompetent to
take the oath and are not subject to
cross-examinations, but otherwise, ho
maintains, they are fit silent witnesses
and as such their testimony is as con
clusive an that of a man in circumstan
tial evidence.
HynuntlHt Causes u Stir.
A great deal of excitement was
caused at Paplllion over tho discovery
of the body of an unidentified man,
About 35 years of age, in a vacant build
ing south of the bank. Passersby saw
the body through tho window and at
once tho news spread over town that
the body was that of, a murdered man.
AVhlle tho different theories were being
'talked over a stranger came upon the
3ceno and stated that the man was not
ulead but under ,a hypnotic spell. Tho
stranger proved a traveling hynotlst
who had placed this man under a
spell and had laid the body In tho
window of this building for exhibition,
purposes.
Cut Off His' Snlary.
Samuel I. Gordon is no longer po-"llce-
judgo of tho city of Ohaha. Ho
.met his "Waterloo in tho supremo court
when tho court decided that Louis
'Bcrka was tho regularly elected and
qualified judgo of the court and that
'Gordon was no longer entitled to draw
the salary of tho office. After winning
salary suits galore because the city
changed his pay from $2,500 to $1,200
during his term of office, Gordon
brought suit against Mayor Moores to
compel him to sign his salary warrant
'for the year 1902, during tho tlmo Louis
Berka has been the judgo, having "been
.elected in, 1901,
Alleged IllllllC llolllMTH.
Three men, giving tho names of
Frank Gortlon, John Carroll and Wal
ter Dillon, wore captured by tho sher
iffs of Buffalo and Hall counties and
detectives from Lincoln at a farm
house near Sholton. They were in bed
and offered no resistance, though heav
ily armed. Tho officers charged that
they are the men who cracked the safe
of the' bank of Byron a few days ago
and secured $2,000. Bank bills aggre
gating $800 were found hidden in tho
liouse. The men w'ero taken to Grand
Island.
-Cannot Keniembor III AViinderl ukh.
Frank Bender, who disappeared from
liis home two weeks ago at North
Lincoln, leaving his team standing In
tho field which ho was pl6wlng, was
found in tho road about seven miles
-north of Lincoln. Ho was ragged and
-torn and emaciated and showed tho
effects of his two weeks' roam around
the country roads. Hojind no recpl
lectlon of hV wanderings. ,
Claimed Contract to Kill.
William Frymlro, tho young Gorman
farmer who last February shot and
killed Mrs. Fred Pulso, near Eustls,
was found guilty of manslaughter and
sentenced to ten years in tho peniten
tiary. Frymlro and Mrs. Pulso, who
was Tracy Odenbcrg, were sweethearts,
when Pulso appeared as the success
ful rival. Frymlro is said to havo de
clared that ho had a written contract,
with Tracy Odenbcrg in which it
was agreed that if tho woman should
marry anyone boforo October he, Fry
mlre, was to ' havo tho privilege of
killing her. Less than a week aftor
tho girl becamo Mrs. Pulse, Frymlro
shot at tho couplo ono night through
a window of their house. His shots
went wild and he then entered tho
houso, pushing aside Pulse, who waa
trying to protept his wife. Frymiro
shot four times through tho door at
tho woman, ono of tho Bhots passing
through hor stomach. After placing
Pulso out of tho way, Frymiro went
into tho room whoro his victim lay
bleeding from tho wound and pounded
and kicked her in a merciless manner,
using his revolver and boot. Taking
tho body in his arms, ho carried it to
his buggy, placed it in the sent be
side him and took It to a schoolhouso
about two miles distant, where It was
discovered.
I,ettpri the Cause of Trouble.
Becauso it is alleged she sent let
ters through the mail which should not
have been sent, Mrs. Mary Lemko, of
tho neighborhood of Cheney, has been
arrested. For several months an epi
demic of anonymous letter-writing has
convulsed tho neighborhood of Wal
ton and Cheney, east of Lincoln.
Half a dozen or more persons, some
of them men and some of them women,
were the recipients of letters and postal
cards of a decidedly scurrilous charac
ter. Some of them were unsigned.
Where a signature wns appended it is
declared by the person whoso namo
was affixed to bo a forgery. Tho
preacher has not been exempt. The
other day he received ono inviting him
to tho house of Mrs. Minnie Eldon
burg for a night, on pleasure bent.
Mrs. Eldenburg's namo was appended.
It is not her signature at all. Some
wives got letters that caused them to
grow suspicious of their husbands and
tho fires were lit for a general con-'
fiagratlon of domestic happiness.
Kidnaped His Child.
John Sturke, of Topeka, Kan., and
another man kidnaped a child from the
.home of Lincoln Garrison in Nebraska
City. The child is a son of Sturke.
About a year and a half ago Sturko's
wife died at tho home of Garrison,
who Is, her brothor-inlaw. On her
deathbed she gave tho child to Mrs.
Garrison, who has had possession of
it. Sturke has tried to get possession
of tho son through the means of tho
law, but tho courts havo refused to
give him Its custody. Tho other day
Sturke and another man went to Gar
rison's to see tho child. Sturko asked
Mrs. Garrison to got hlra a drink o
water and while she was away for tho
moment Sturke grabbed the child and
ran.
.Til it ho ii as a Colonizer.
Paul Jansan, of Jansen, has pur
chased 50,000 acres of land of the Sas
katchewan Land company of Winni
peg, and has secured an option on 50,
000 acres more. Ho has also arranged
with tho Canadian government to lo
cate 1,000' families on homesteads ad
jacent to the land purchased. Mr. Jan
sen is a Mennonlto and is planning
to locate a Mennonlte colony on his
new purchase.
ebrnnUu AV111 HuVe Xo Ilulldlim.
Tho Nebraska commlssipn of tho St.
Louis exposition has decided not to
undertake to erect a state building on
tho exposition grounds, but to request
the management of tho fair to glvo
them additional space for thef Nebras
ka exhibit, which, from present pros
pects, will bo both largo and interest
ing. Youmr Man's Horrible Death.
A young man named Schroedor,
while pitching bundles into a thrasher
ton miles northwest of Paplllion, lost
his footing and fell headlong Into tho
separator. His body was crushed, go
irig entirely through the machine, while
small pieces wont out through tho
elevator.
So liOiif? ni It In Sour.
Tho Nebraska state chemist has dis
covered that tho liquid branded as
pure food apple cider vinegar is neither
niado of cider, malt nor grain, but so
long as it is sour and makes people's
mouths pucker it ought to pass muster
a& vinegar without being subject to
fine and imprisonment.
lilt tie Girl Starts Illnze.
The largo barn on tho farm o,f Jo
seph Sparks, near Ellis, was destroyed
by fire with all Its contonts. Ono horse
perished In tho flames ami two others
were so badly burned that they will
probably die. The fire was started by
a little girl who, was playing, in tha
'barn with matches, t "
HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE.
Old Soldiers Living nt tho National Milita
ry Homo nt Leavenworth Cun Oust
Hutlota In Thnt County,
Topoka, Kan., Oct. 12.--Through a
decision of tho supremo court,(rendored
Saturday, old soldiers who aro living
at tho national military home at
Leavenworth aro given a right to vote
in Leavenworth county. It Is decided
that tho state law permitting tho vet
erans to vote does not conflict with the
constitutional provision thnt persons
who go to almshouses or asylums can
not ncquiro residences thoro for vot
ing purposes. Tjhls reverses n decision
of tho court rendered several years
ago by Chief Justice Dostor, when the
light of the Inmates of tho stato sol
diers' homo at Dodgo City to voto was
questioned.
Dockery "Will Htiuid by Morrow.
St. Louis, Oct. 12. Judgo Adams, in
the United States district court, has
fixed November 3 as tho date for the
trial of W. A. Morrow, Gov. Dockcry's
official stenographer, who was indicted
for alleged complicity In the natural
ization frauds. Between now and the
tlmo of tho trial Mr. Morrow will prob
ably continue in his position in the
governor's office. Gov. Dockery, who
camo with him to St. Loui3, gave out
an authorized statement Saturday
night in which ho expressed his inten
tion to stnnd by Morrow.
Immense Mnp of Missouri.
Columbia, Mo., Oct. 12. C. F. Mar
but, professor of geology and mineral
ogy in tho University of Missouri, is
at work on tho largest map of Mis
souri over mado. It will bo more than
12x15 feet, will weigh several hundred
pounds and will' show ovory crock,
post office, road, railroad, city, town
and hill in tho state. In addition to
this it will show tho various geological
formations. It will bo a relief map.
81.000,000 for Third Wife.
Chicago, Oct. 11. An ante-nuptial
agreement, under which tho bride-to-be
will receive $1,000,000, in lieu of her
dower rights, is said to bo a legal for
mality which will precede tho wedding
of Richard T. Crano and Miss Emily
Hutchinson. Mr. Crano Is a septuage
narian, and is the president of the
Crano company, elevator manufactur
ers. This will bo tho groom's third
marriage.
Will Take Millions to Itopalr Diimiige.
Easton, Pa., Oct. 12. Tho Delaware
river began to recede about midnight
and continues to fall rapidly. Tho
Lehigh and .the Bushkill aro still
backed jip for miles and ovory thing
along their banks is flooded. It is Im
possible to estimate tho loss or even
approximate it, but in Easton and
towns up and down tho Delawaro. it
will take millions to replace tho
bridges and repair tho damage.
Coming to Iowa to Study Agriculture.
Ames, la., Oct. 11. Prof. Z. J. Zln
theo, of tho department of farm me
chanics at the Iowa stato college, has
received a communication from G. F.
Rush, of Kent, Eng., asking for
information in regard to this depart
ment. Mr. Rush Is organizing a party
of Englishmen to study agriculture in
this country. They will visit Ames to
take work in farm mechanics as stu
dents.
Cuba Full to Out Her Loan.
New York, Oct. 11. For three weeks
eminent representatives .of Cuba havo
been vainly trying in Now York to se
cure the first loan ($35,000,000) tho lit
tlo nation has sought since its emancl
patlon. It was stated by Gen. Maria
Menocal, ono of tho commission, that
Cuba may bo compelled to contract her
loan in some foreign country.
Fatuity "Wounded with Hlrdshot.
St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 12. C.'R. Tooth
man, a crack gun shot, was fatally
wounded near hero yesterday. He
says it was an accident, but attending
physicians believe ho was shot by some
one else, as a charge of'blrdshot en
tered tho lungs at tho back. T6oth
in&n refuses to answer questions.
Farmer Swindled by Stritncerx.
Houston, Mo., dct. 11. Two gran
gers who gave thoir names as Fried
ley and Welshman, swindled John W.
Teer, of Evening Shade, Texas county,
out of about .$1,200 by giving notes and
bogus security. They bought several
horses of Teer and left tho country.
Another Tribute to McKliiJey.
Adams, Mass., Oct. 11. A monu
mont to President William McKlnley,
erected by tho town, was unveiled Sat
urday in tho presence of thousands of
persons. Among tho speakers were
John D. Long,, who was secretary iof
the navy in McKinloy',8 cabinot,
Arrested nt .the Courthouse,
Hannibal, MO., Oct. 11. Robert Men
efeo was arrested by Sheriff Bowen
while ho was trying to' secure a license
at Palmyra to marry Miss Bertie Gll
Uor. The couple eloped to Palmyra and
woro at tho courthouse whon 'Monefeo
was taken, into custody.
Kvnncellst Moody's AVldnw Dies.
East Northflelch Mass., Oct. 12. Mrs.
Dwlght L. Moody, widow of tho ovnn
gollst.' dled Saturday afternoon at her
homo. Sho had been suffering for,
some tlmo from an internal oiro(ible.
She"was 00 years old.
MORROW IS INDICTED
Dockcry's Stenographer Charged
with Crimes Against the Ballot.
Federal Grand Jurynt St. T.oiils Clinrcei a
Well-Know n Politician with Wholesale
Naturalization Frauds During the
Kleotlon Three Yearn Ago.
St. Louis, Oct 10. T,ho federal grand
Jury lato yesterday rotumod indict
ments against W. A. Morrow, nsalatant
privato secretary to Gov. A. M. Dock
cry, and Thomas F. Barrott, formorly
marshal of tho St. Louis court of ap
peals. Tho Indictments woro reported
to Judgo Elmer B. Adams, of tho
United States district court, and
charge tho defendants with niding,
nbottlng and conspiring to fraudulent
ly naturalizo nllons. It is charged
that Morrow and Barrott, In Octobor,
1900, procured by fraud naturalization
papers for ten alien residents of St;
Louis county and had them plnccd, in
tho hands of tho foreigners."
Morrow has been in tho governor's
ofllco for ten years, having be'en orig
inally appointed by Gov. Stone and
retained by Govs. Stephens and Dock
ery. United States Marshal Morsoy
left for Jefferson City last night to
bring Morrow into court to glvo bond.
Barrett will bo tried within tho noxt
few weeks upon Indictments previous
ly found against him in connection
with fraudulent naturalization of for
eigners in the court of nppoals. He
is charged in tho earlier indictments
with issuing tho papers to aliens in
an irregular manner.
BOLD BREAK FOR FREEDOM.
Convicts In Utah Rtute Penitentiary lit
Suit Lake City l'urtly Successful
In Their Attempt.
Salt Lako City, Oct. 10. As a result
of a well organized and partly suc
cessful attempt at a wholosalo delivery
of prisoners at tho Utah stato pcnlton
tinry last night ono prisoner was
killed, ono guard wa3 shot and wound
ed, another man was boaton almost In
to insensibility, throo prisoners were
wounded and two others under death
sentences esCapod.
Tho outbreak occurred about G:30 p.
in., just as tho prisoners wero being
placed in their cells for tho night by
Guards Wilkins and Jacobs. Tho af
fair wont through with such vim and
precision that It must havo been care
fully planned beforehand. Two oi
tho prisoners overpowered Wilkins
and Jacobs, tho former being bhot and
slightly wounded and tho latter fright
fully beaten. Tho convicts took the
prison keys from tho guards and ro
leased flvo othor prisoners who had
already been locked up. Tho sovou
prisoners then compelled Guard
Wilkins, notwithstanding his injuries,
to march at thoir head and with th
nsslstanco of ladders found near the
workshop proceeded to scale tho wall.
FRUIT EXHIBIT BURNED.
Fire in Kansas City Destroyed n I.iirco Cob
lection Itclntr Prepared by Missouri
Horticultural Society.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 10. Flro .early
this morning destroyed all of tho Mis
souri fruit exhlbt which is being pro
pared for tho world's fair and Louisi
ana Purchase exposition at St. Louis
noxt year. Tho loss to this alono will
umount to soveral thousand dollars.
Tho fruit was being prepared in the
basement of tho Syndicate building at
tho northwest corner of Seventh and
Wyandotto streets under direction ol
L. A. Goodman, secrotary of tho State
Horticultural society, and ropresente
tho summor and fall's work. The
greator part of It cannot bo dpullcatcd
beforo tho fair opens.
A POLICEMAN'S COOLNESS.
A Terrible Cutustropho Prevented nt tho
Coronation Hall nt tho Coliseum
ut Omaha.
Omaha, Nob., Oct. 10. Only tho cool
ness of the police prevented a terrible
catastrophe at the coronation ball last
night. Ten thousand people wero In
tho Coliseum; where tho coronation
was taking place, whon it was noticed
that tho floor above Avas sinking. A
policeman notified tho people that they
would havo to move down on to tho
dancing floor in order that another
electric light might bo placed. Aftor
thoy had left tho gallery they wero no
tified of tho danger in which they' had
been.
Woman Drummer Sues for Slander.
Salina, Kan., Oct 10. Lucille C. Fry,
,a woman drummer representing a Kan
sas City Arm, has filed suit In tho fed
oral court against J. T. Sallards, of Sa
lina, for $10,000 damages. Sho saya
sho was stopping at a hotol in Sallna
and ns she started to leavq. Sollards ac
cused hor of entering his room and
stealing $G0.
, Paid 6l.fj)0 for ii Kansas Horse.
Lextngton, Ky., Get. 10. Just bo
foro tho second heat in tho Transyl
vania race Ei, E. Smathors bought from
Dick Donley, of Wichita, Kan., tho
horso Kent, who took second plaqc in
thoidat. Tho prlco wus $4,300.
WOULD DISCARD THE BIBLE.
Nebraska!! Keeps Up til Fight on School.
Teacher Who Persist lit Hendlue Scrip
tural Passages P.ach Day.
Lincoln, Ncb Oct. 13. Another
Blblo caso opinion will havo to coma
down from tho supremo court beforo
long. It is Daniel Freeman, tho relator
in tho famous Gago county caso, and he
wnnts tho court to issue a peremp
tory writ against tho school board oE
district No .21 to prevent tho read
ing of tho Scriptures In tho district
schools Freeman claims that tho
presont teacher in tho fated district
is given to tho habit of reading tho
"King James version" of tho Scriptures
which, in his original potltlon, ho as
serts was not a good rendering of tho
original text and in somo places un
orthodox. His suit was based on tho
thpory that as a tax payor ho had an
interest in provcntlng tho uso of tho
school aa n placo for tho Inculcation
of n creed.
WINCHELL NEAR THE TOP.
Frisco Oniclal Will Have Supremo Charg
of All f.lne of the Itock Island
Frisco System.
Chicago, Oct. 13. Charles A.
Goodnow, as announced, will sovor his
connection with tho Chicago, Roclc
Island & Pacific railroad ns gcnornl
manngor at tho ond of tho present
month. B. L. Wtncholl, now vico presi
dent and general manager of tho Fris
co, Is to bo third vlco president of tho
Roy.k Island and will bo given supremo
chnrgo of tho affairs of all tho lines oC
tho system. It Is also stated that Mr.
Goodnow's position ns gonoral manager
will not bo filled after his retirement.
Mr. Wlnchell will bo tho chief executive
officer in tho west.
SAYS AMERICA MUST AID.
t
Outbreak In Cuba Ken red It Money
in Not Secured to Pity DuiuiiiiiIn
ol' Cuban Soldier.
Washington, Oct. 13. Dlspatchca
from Havana announce thnt tho com
mission sent by Cuba to negotlato a
loan of $35,000,000 for tho payment of
revolutionary army claims failed to ob
tain tho loan oltlicr in Wall street or
In Europe. Ono of tho Cuban cabinot
officers Is reported to havo spoken na
follown: "Tho army must bo paid,
else tho republic cannot survlvo an
other 24th of February, and unless tho
American govornmont gives Its moral
support to our attempt to raise the
loan sought for such payment, wo can
not hopo to secure a dollar."
INDICATES GREAT STORMS.
Scientists Have, Discovered 11 Spot on th
Sun with ti Width of Uo.OOO
Miles.
Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 13. Ono of tho
largest spots that has appeared on
tho sun in recent years has just been
discovered by John A. Brashoar, chan
cellor of tho Western university of
Pennsylvania. Its area is so great that
it. can bo seen by tho nnkod eye if u
smoked glass is used. This ono has an
averago widtth of 25,000 miles. In
square miles its area is 12 times
that of tho earth. Tho spots on tho
sun indlcato great solar storms. Tho
presont spot is probably tho largest
that has been seen for many years.
Atrocities Among Flathead Indians.
Browning, Mont., Oct. 13. Dlssen-
sions among several bands of Indiana
on tho Flathead reservation culminated
In ono of tho worst tragedies recorded
In this part of Montana for soveral
years. Seven Indians woro cruelly
murdered in their beds and two others
woundod. Reservation ofllcora havo
mado four arrests and the accused are
confined in tho guardhouso here.
London's lllrth mid Death Hate.
London, Oct. 13. It Inspires ono with
a sense of London's bigness to learn
that someono Is born hero every 40
seconds In tho 24 hours, and that some
ono dies every mlnufo and a tpiartor.
A recent official announcement declares
that during last year 131,278 children
wero born In tho motropolls and that
79,924 deaths occurred.
Tuxedo Hum (hive Way.
Suffern, N. Y., Oct. 13. Tho Tuxedo
dam above tho town of Ramupo broko
Monday and tho water burst through
and tumbled down upon tho village,
carrying everything boforo It. Houses,
barns, fences and livestock woro Bwopt
down tho current. Only timely warn
ings prevented a tremendous loss ol
life.
1,150,000 Acres Withdrawn from Kntry.
Butte, Mont., Oct. 13. A special to
tho Miner froni Groat Falls says that
tho Great Falls land ofllco yesterday
received Instructions from Washington
to withdraw from entry under tho des
ert land law all lands In tho district
lying south of tho Missouri river. Tho
order affects approximately 1,150,000
acres.
Oold In the "White River Country.
Aurora, Mo., Oct. 13. A story comes
from tho Whlto river country, 40 miles
southeast of hero, along tho construc
tion work of tho Whlto River railroad,
now building by tho Missouri Pacific,
of the finding of a gold mine in ono of
tho tunnels bolng constructed through
the. mountains by that road.